Buildings tweaked and some armed villagers.

 I bought some buildings from Oshiro Model Terrain, really for 28mm - so have given them a tweak - a lift up with a thicker base and/or larger doors - makes them look better  with my 40mm figures.

Also I bought some Irregular Miniatures armed peasants from their 42mm samurai range - these are a bit smaller height-wise than my figures so put a small piece of cardboard in raise the height a bit - a couple have been tweaked. My favourite is the chap with the large hammer, I tried a sculpt of suitable head for him which has turned out OK.

Sample figures painted ...

 I have painted some of my home-cast figures up to see how they come out..

looking good, so will get back to the casting of more figures and start assembling a group of samurai, then a command stand - then I'll get some painting done.

Rice Paddies ....

 To make some rice paddies I used some of TimeCast larger ones (available from http://www.timecastmodels.co.uk/range_38/38fields.html .... codes 38/PF2 & 38/PF3) . They've been finished them in a mix of usage stages - a couple unplanted, one flooded and the rest flooded with planting.

Nabori flags (paper printout)...

 Today sorted out a template file to enable me to print nabori flags, can also colour in etc if needed.

The flags are as close in size as I can get to one available from Steve Barber; my paper flag works well with one of his figures or one of my own home-casts

Something for roads....

 I used up some strips of acrylic floor tiles I had stashed away to make some road sections; put some bits of scatter on the edges and a few bits in the road (can't get the tiles I used anymore)

Some villagers and more fencing ....

 Finished four of some 3D printed villagers I got from WooFoo workshop (who kindly didi a 40mm special print for me)

I needed some lower fencing and raided my box of fencing & walls for some suitable rustic fencing (it is similar in style to that sold by 4Ground for their 28mm japanese scenics); I repainted what I had already to match my colour scheme for this project

plenty of it to provide some property boundaries in a village

A few additions to the scenics ...

Some scatter items, cart, bails, boxes etc...

A small cultivated plot (a 3D print of a small paddy field which I though better as a veggie plot)

A scratch built bridge, made from cardboard, to fit over my standard river sections

(still no blossom trees ... yet 😊 )